Garment



(No Model) o. VANOOSTRUM.

GARMBNT.

Patented Dec. 15,1896lv WIM/8858:

ATTORNEYS.

N ITED OTTE VAN OOSTRUM, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

GARNI ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,060, dated December15, 1896.

Application filed April 9, 1896.

Serial No. 586.885. (No model.)

To LZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Orrn VAN OosTRUM, of Portland, in the county ofMultnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new of will be heldclosed in an efficient manner and present a neater appearance than whenfastened in the ordinary manner.

The invention consists in the novel features hereinafter particularlydescribed, and defined in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view showing in use a vest embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary horizontal section taken through thevest at the opening, and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the iiy portionof a pair of trousers embodying my invention.

In carrying out my invention the vest A, trousers B, or other garment ismade so that the edges a b at the usual open portion of the garment willabut, as show-n clearly in Fig. 2, and such edges usually are formed oftwo thicknesses of material. To the garment thus formed there is securedalong a line inward from the edge d a series of headed stunds c of anysuitable form, the studs projecting from the inner surface of thegarment. In the instance shown the back or base plates c of the studsare between the two thicknesses of fabric.

To the opposite edge D of the garment I secure a flap O, as by stitchingd, and this flap extends across the point of meeting of the abuttingedges and beneath the line of studs c. On the outer face of the fiap aseries of fastening devices c are provided, these in the instance shownconsisting of sockets adapted to receive the heads of the studs c andprovided with any suitable spring-acting clutchplate for engaging theheads of the studs. The clutch-plates are each provided with arms f fordisengaging the clutch-plates from the head, and all of said arms aresuitably connected with a cord g, whereby when the free end g' of thecord is pulled all the studs will be released.

The special form of fastening devices, it will be understood, is of nomoment.

By forming the vest or other garment with abutting edges at the openingtherein and providing fastening devices on an additional garment it willbe seen no overlapped edges appear on the outside and the fasteningdevices are not exposed to view.

The garments, such as vests, maybe provided with buttons, braid, or thelike for the purpose of ornamentation.

I'Iaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. A garment having abutting edge portions atits open part, an inner fiap secured along one ofvsuch edge portions andextending byits free edge beneath the opposite abutting edge portion,said opposite abutting edge portion at points inward from the extremeedge having a series of fasteners, at the inner surface, and theunderlapping free edge of the said inner flap having fasteners on itsouter surface, cooperating with those on the opposed inner surface ofthe said opposite edge portion, substantially as described.

tions at its open part, an inner iiap secured along one of such edgeportions and extending by its free edge beneath the opposite abuttingedge portion, said opposite abutting edge portion at points inward fromthe extreme edge having a series of fasteners, at the inner surface, andthe underlapping free edge of outer surface, cooperating with those onthe opposed inner surface of the said opposite edge portion and anoperating-cord connected with one series of the fasteners forsimultaneously releasing the same, substantially as described. E

OTTE VAN OOSTRUM.

lVitnesses:

J. L. MCAULIFFE, A. A. HOPKINS.

2. A garment having abutting edge por flap and on the opposed innersurface of the t the said inner flap having fasteners on its

